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Lots of webmasters installed and started using forums on their sites over the last years. As a result of the high interest, many hosting companies have started supporting some of the most preferred bulletin boards - phpBB, Simple Machines Forum,
Invision Power Board and vBulletin. However, not so many web hosts have the special expertise needed to serve a forum. That is why at Forum Hosting Directory, we have researched the most reliable forum web hosting services and ranked the Best 10 Hosts, known for offering professional forum support and a powerful set of features.
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SiteGround web hosting services more than 10,000 forum sites built on phpBB, SMF, vBulletin, IPB, etc. SiteGround offers installation of forum application, forum tutorials and expert technical assistance. |
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$5.95 |
750 GB |
7500 GB |
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Free professional phpBB installation; Free phpBB templates; Forum tutorials
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LSMedia offers free phpBB installation and setup. The hosting packages support PHP, unlimited MySQL databases and FTP access. |
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$16.60 |
1 GB |
10 GB |
$9.95 |
Free phpbb installation
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The top positions in our chart are occupied by SiteGround and LSMedia. These two companies offer the best forum hosting services. Apart from the standard features they provide many extra services for forum users like free forum installation, forum upgrades, installation of forum addons and more. SiteGround forum hosting plan is ranked higher due to its lower price and richer plan features.
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$7.50 |
Unlimited |
3000GB |
Free |
Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP |
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$5.95 |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Free |
Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP |
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$7.95 |
10 GB |
100 GB |
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Auto installation of Forums; Forum tutorials; PHP, MySQL, and FTP |
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$6.95 |
350 |
3500 |
Free |
Free Installation via Fantastico |
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$7.95 |
1500 |
15000 |
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Auto-Installation |
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$6.95 |
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3000 |
$15.00 |
Instant Forums Installation via Fantastico |
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Fast Domain Hosting |
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$7.95 |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Free |
Auto installation of Forums; PHP, MySQL, and FTP |
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Webhostingpad |
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$6.95 |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
Free |
Auto installation of Forums; PHP, MySQL, and FTP |
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$9.95 |
250GB |
2000GB |
Free |
Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP |
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$4.95 |
1500GB |
15000GB |
Free |
Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP |
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$25.00 |
4 GB |
100 GB |
n/a |
Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP |
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$8.95 |
0.2 GB |
5 GB |
Free |
Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP |
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Web Hosting UK |
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$3.35 |
200 MB |
3000 MB |
$14.00 |
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$8.46 |
0.25 GB |
5GB |
$9.95 |
SMF forum pre-installed; paid forum addons; PHP, MySQL |
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$9.95 |
2GB |
25GB |
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Auto installed phpbb2 and SMF plus others
also would install most others manually for free.
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$4.36 |
0.5GB |
30GB |
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Software and Free Web Tools Site Management Tools Massive CGI Script Library
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NV Host |
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$10.95 |
0.5 GB |
2 GB |
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Server-Side virus protection, web based e-mail, spam filters |
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AluHost |
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13EUR |
2500MB |
50000MB |
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HostQuack |
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$4.95 |
5,000 MB |
50,000 MB |
Free Domain with Annual Hosting |
Free Instant Installation forums in our Fantastico Deluxe Service |
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UniHostWorld |
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$3.95 |
15000 MB |
150000 MB |
Paid |
Instant Forums Installation via Fantastico |
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ASPHostCentral.com |
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$4.99 |
2000 MB |
15000 MB |
FREE |
Get FREE domain name, FREE 3 month hosting and 1 MSSQL 2005 Database by just paying $4.99/month
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ServerGrade Web Hosting |
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2.00 |
500 |
5000 |
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Easy install and upgrade scripts |
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$60/y |
100MB |
2000MB |
Free |
Quality Hosting with REAL 99.9% uptime. No overselling |
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Dracula Hosting |
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$2.00 |
1GB |
Unlimited |
Paid |
We also sell Cheap Dedicated Servers |
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Arvixe, LLC |
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$4.00 |
300 GB |
3000 GB |
Paid or Free Subdomain: you.arvixe.com |
All PHP Forums supported. PHPBB, IPB, SMF and other popular forum software installed automatically and for free through the control panel.
Support for all popular forum software and their modules. |
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Free |
unlimited |
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free http://www.YOURFORUMNAME.phpbbhosts.co.uk/ |
Phpbbhosts is a free phpbb 3 forrum host with great uptime, excelent support staff, and a overal great hosts |
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www.safehosting.com/ |
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$2.99 |
unlimited |
starting to build up |
paid |
excellent value for money
free website included with over three hundred different templates
cheap VPS |
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IwisHost |
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$1 |
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We offer Premium Shared/Reseller/VPS Web Hosting plans on Linux & windows Servers and you can host Unlimited Domains and packages starting from $ 1/Month with 24X7 Support, there are no hidden fees, no hidden charges. |
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M6.NET |
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$3.75 |
2 GB |
250 GB |
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Save Money, Get more features and less restrictions that other hosts with all our Windows hosting plans. We’ve been and continue to be the most flexible Windows hosting provider on the internet for the lowest prices possible. |
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000webhost |
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$4.84 |
250 MB |
100 GB |
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- 250 MB of Disk Space
- 100 GB Bandwidth
- Your own domain hosting
- cPanel Control panel
- Website Builder
- Over 500 website templates ready for download
- Free POP3 Email Box and Webmail access
- FTP and Web based File Manager
- PHP, MySQL, Perl, CGI, Ruby.
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x2Forums |
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Free |
Unlimited |
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24/7 Forum Guarding
\"Alive\" Support Forums
PBLang, UseBB or phpBB2 hosting
Attachments
Avatar Gallery
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Attila Hosting |
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$4.95 |
400MB |
15GB |
$12.95 |
phpbb is installed for free on request |
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Jcink Forum Boards |
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Jcink Forum Boards is a modified version of Invision Power Board (IPB). It is a professional forum system that has been built from the ground up with speed and security in mind... a comprehensive administration control panel is included to help you keep your board running smoothly, written by Invision Power Services. Moderators will also enjoy the full range of options available to them via built-in tools and moderators control panel. Members will appreciate the ability to subscribe to topics, send private messages, and perform a host of other options through the user control panel...
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bullfroghost.net |
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$3.95 |
unlimited |
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Disk Storage (NOW MORE!) Unlimited
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POP3/POP3 Secure Email Support 2,500
IMAP/Secure IMAP Email Support 2,500
3 Different Web Based Email Solutions web Host Check
Forwarding Email Accounts Unlimited
Email Autoresponder Unlimited
Gigs of Site Transfer (NOW MORE!) Unlimited
Add-on Domains Unlimited
Parked Domains Unlimited
Subdomains Unlimited
Additional FTP Accounts 1,000
MySQL Databases 50
PostgreSQL Databases 50
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InNucleo - Alojamento Web |
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$3.93 / mo |
300 MB |
6 GB |
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Instant Forums Installation via Fantastico. |
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000WebHost |
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$0 |
1500MB |
100GB |
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They offer Free Web Hosting with no advertising, there is no catch, so what you see is what you get.
1500 MB Disk Space
100,000 MB Bandwidth
Free Subdomain or Your Own Domain
Automated Scripts Installer (20 Popular Scripts)
FTP Access and Web Based File Manager
Easy to use Website Builder
5 MySQL Databases with Full PHP Support
Zend & Curl Enabled
IMMEDIATE Activation!
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